Hermann evinghaus and max herbener



Patented Jul H. EVINGHAUS & M. HERBENER.

SKIRT PROTECTOR. (Application filed Feb. 1 7, 1898.) (Specimens.)

UNITED STATES I PATENT UFEICE.

IIERMANN EVINGHAUS AND MAX HERBENER, OF BARMEN, GERMANY.

SKlRT-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 6Q'7, 840, dated July 26, 1898.

Applicationfiled February 17, 1898. Serial No, 670,701. i pecimens.)

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERMANN EVINGHAUS and MAX HERBENER, of Barmen, Rhenish Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Protectors; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to a skirt-protector adapted to be secured to the edge of skirts,

and has for its object to provide a fabric having formed upon its lower edge a brush which projects downwardly from and beyond the edge of a garment having the fabric secured I thereto, thereby relieving the wear and pro,- tecting the edge of the garment.

A further object is to interweave series of weft-threads of varying lengths in continual progressively-repeating order with certain of the warp-threads, whereby the weft-threads forming the brush portion are intimately interwoven with the body portion or heading, thereby producing a fabric of great strength and even texture which is adapted to be secured to the edge of garments by sewing through certain warp-threads and whereby the brush portion cannot be detached from the body portion or heading without destroying the whole fabric.

A further object is ,to interweave certain warp-threads with the long weft-threads of the series't-o form a core within the brush portion and interweave certain other warpthreads with the bight of shorter weft-threads to connect the weft-threads of varying lengths with the body portion or heading and upon the projecting ends of the weft-threads to form a resilient mass having a velure or moquette surface of rounding form and pleasing appearance.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an illustration showing a skirt-protector woven in accordance with our invention and disclosing the varying lengths of weft-threads and series of warp-threads connecting the weft-threads. Fig. 2 shows series of weft-threads having the varying lengths of threads arranged in their relative order. Fig. 3 shows one of the series of weft-threads of varying lengths. Fig. lis a sectional view showing the method of interweaving the varying lengths of weft-threads with certain of the warp-threads, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of a portion of a garment having a protector secured thereto.

1 designates a portion of a completely-woven skirt-protector, and 2, 3, 4, and 5 designate weft-threads of varying lengths, which are arranged in series interwoven through the length of the fabric. The preferred relative position of the varying lengths of weft-threads in a series are shown in Fig. 2, as follows: 3 2343323432343235. Thebodyportion or heading 6 is formed by the weave of the weft-threads 4 5, which extend outwardly the full width of the warps. The weft-threads 5, which are the end threads of a series, are interwoven with a plurality of warp-threads 7, and are bighted and interwoven with a plurality of warpthreads 8. WVeft-threads 3 are interwoven by the plurality of warpthreads 8, which latter are also interwoven with weft-threads 2. VVarp-threads 10 are interwoven in the bights of the weft-threads 2, and thereby connect the varying lengths of weft-threads with the body of the fabric 6. The weft-threads 4 5 are interwoven with the warp-threads 7 and form thereby a core within the brush portion, as shown in Fig. 4,which is covered by the weft-threads 2 3, and which are spread over the core.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings there are shown two contiguous threads 3, one of which is added to more completely fill the brush portion. 13 designates the warp-threads of the body portion or heading 6 and is partially shown at the top of the body portion or heading 6.

' It will be seen that by securing the varying lengths of weft-threads by means of series of interwoven warp-threads the shorter Weftthreads are interwoven with the body portion or heading of the fabric and cannot be detached or ripped therefrom without ing the whole fabric.

The interwoven weft-threads gradually diverge from the series of warp-threads 7 8, and the strands are combed straight therefrom to form a rounding resilient mass 11, having a velure or moquette finish appearance.

The skirt-protector is secured to the edge destroytherefrom, other series of warp-threads interwoven with the shorter weft-threads,whereby the brush portion is intimately interwoven with the body portion or heading of fabric, the gradually-diverging resilient brush mass having a velure or moquette finish.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we hereby affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

I-IERMANN EVINGHAUS. MAX HERBENER. Witnesses:

GEO. LUICH, RIoHD. PENs, 

